Social media is dying. Long live social media!
February 1, 2008 – Libby Davy – Print
So social media has truly hit the mainstream. It even has it’s own comic strip. Are we all onboard and up-to-steam? Thing is, this new way is meant to be real. It’s meant to come from a genuine desire to connect with others (customers, stakeholders… fill in the blank).
I’m starting to cringe about the whole thing. The hype. The hyperbole. Sure, Google’s algorythms (currently) love blogs. Sure we can optimise search and get “seen”. But who’s actually going to be listening?
Some emerging thoughts here about how the cream is going to rise to the top.
Many early adopters are already screaming for the off switch.
We are reaching a new point in the adoption of social media. Something’s gotta give (she says joining Dopplr). There is another tipping point approaching.
Time for some great editing and aggregation. Time for some trusted sources to filter it all for us, and I don’t mean the USA Today Bloggers & Podcasters Guide (even if we do keep ranking 1). Or even cool geek individuals like Scobelizer. I’m looking for something all about my interests, the blogs I want to follow, but more visual. Definitely NOT Google’s Blog Reader.
What do we think Gra… time for a chinwag. Oh look, there’s my husband blogging in the room above me. Time to STOP all this and go find him.
Great post Libby! I am fascinated by the cross overs between online social and face to face social. Evidence is already showing that the online networking enhances the f2f and helps to create bridging social capital, especially for people less confident. But equally if you aren’t aware you can indeed get so caught up with the online world that you could forget how to speak to real people….
I like how Russell Davies managed to make the online world develop his fsf relationships.
http://thrivingtoo.typepad.com/thriving_too/2008/01/creating-comm-1.html